Today, Yesetday, I mustered up the courage to take a s*** in a public toilet and went to the disabled toilet in our university library. I did my thing, the flush didn't work, I pulled the red string thinking it would do something and a buzzer started ringing through the whole university.. FML

First of all, everyone shits. No need to muster courage to do in public a basic function we all do on a daily. What most people don't do is use the disabled toilet and assume red string that is not in any other toilet would flush said toilet.

TL;DR: public bathrooms are gross and potentially unsafe, so using them can be a source of anxiety for more than a few people. Let it go. It doesn't affect you, and mocking someone's anxiety is something an elementary school bully does, not something a grown adult does.
I am extremely uncomfortable when using public toilets. A lot of people, especially women, are. They're grosser than your toilet at home, and anyone can just go barging in. At a minimum, that's disruptive to the peace. Sometimes, it's a lot worse. People's kids crawling under the stalls and talking to you while making eye contact as you're sitting on the toilet is a not-too-uncommon occurrence these days, since parents in my generation have, as a whole, given the responsibility of parenting their children over to mobile devices. People have also gotten raped and murdered in public bathrooms, although those are both rare. Either way, a lot can go wrong when you've literally got your pants down, making you vulnerable. More and more people are getting uncomfortable with or even anxious about the thought of using a public restroom.

So women shouldn’t go to college, but if they do, they can only be a women studies major? Also, women studies is important, acknowledging the need for equality and honor women who did important things.

Are you seriously mansplaining how using a public restroom can be uncomfortable? BTW- I am a woman and have experienced accidentally being barged in by a man and not so accidentally by misbehaved children. That is just life. But thank you for telling me! lol.

Regardless, defecting is a normal bodily function which should not cause anxiety in a safe(r) space.

They need to just get rid of the today part of the FML. Weave been seeing stud from Christmas and new year for about a month it’s about to be February. I can understand Maybe a week after Christmas because of the moderation but after that no more.